Caregiver Academy-St. George
Mon, Apr 06
|Five County Association of Governments
AREA AGENCY ON AGING-FIVE COUNTY INVITES CAREGIVERS TO TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERIES FREE skill-building workshops for family caregivers
Time & Location
Apr 06, 2020, 10:00 AM – 11:40 AM
Five County Association of Governments, 1070 W 1600 S Bldg. B, St. George, UT 84770, USA
About the event
The Area Agency on Aging invites community caregivers to participate in The Caregiver Academy. Scheduled to begin on April 6, 2020, the free six-part workshop will be held every Monday from 10am-11:30am, until it concludes on May 11, 2020. The workshop aims to assist family and community caregivers in developing the skills needed to manage in-home care.
The Caregiver Academy assists caregivers in learning essential skills for managing family care environments. Participants also learn local resources, services and more. Through participation in the six workshops, family caregivers will learn about finding caregiver resources, recognizing compassion fatigue and building resilience, setting good care boundaries, family dynamics and how to involve the family, coping with difficult behaviors, and in-home and facility-based care choices.
“We provide a hands-on training and group support environment in a classroom setting. This creates one-on-one training and interaction,” said Kristina Raner of the Area Agency on Aging, “We…